Early Estimates of Public Elementary and Secondary Education Statistics: School Year 2001-02, NCES Summer 2002 Quarterly

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Vol 4, Issue 2, Topic: Elementary and Secondary Education

Early Estimates of Public Elementary and Secondary Education Statistics: School Year 2001–02

By: Lena M. McDowell and Frank Johnson

This article was originally published as an Early Estimates report. The universe data are from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD). Technical notes and definitions from the original report have been omitted.

The Early Estimates System
Highlights

The Early Estimates System

The early estimates system is designed to allow the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) to publish selected key statistics during the school year in which they are reported. Early estimates are part of the Common Core of Data (CCD) survey system, which annually collects statistical information from state education agencies about the public schools and local education agencies. For CCD surveys other than the early estimates, data collection begins in the spring, and data are not published until the spring of the following school year. In contrast, the estimates in this report were reported by December 2001.

2001–02 early estimates

In mid-October 2001, survey forms were sent to each state education agency. States were asked to complete the form and return it by e-mail or facsimile (fax). States that had not responded by mid-November were contacted by telephone. All data were checked for reasonableness against prior years' reports, and follow-up calls were made to resolve any questions. When states did not supply a data item, NCES imputed a value. These values are footnoted in the tables. If one or more states required an imputed number, then the national total for that item is marked as imputed. Any state early estimate that indicated a change of greater than 10 percentage points more or less than the national growth rate was replaced with an adjusted early estimate. That is, the estimate was calculated using the same method as that employed to impute missing data.

Forty-eight states, the District of Columbia, and two outlying areas participated in the 2001–02 "Early Estimates of Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey." The estimates reported here were provided by state education agencies and represent the best information on public elementary and secondary schools available to states at this stage of the school year. They are, however, subject to revision. All estimates for the two nonreporting states and the three outlying areas were calculated by NCES. (Arizona, California, Guam, Northern Marianas, and Puerto Rico did not return the completed survey form.) NCES also estimated missing data items for a number of reporting states.

The tables in this publication include three kinds of data: reported, preliminary, and estimated. Reported data are previously published figures. Preliminary data have not been published previously by NCES; for these, data collection is complete, and processing and data adjustments are through all but the final stage of review. For example, fiscal year (FY) 1999 data in this report have been revised since their initial publication, but the revised file has not yet been published. Estimated data are those for the current school year (2001–02).

Estimated data for the current school year are of three types: estimates derived by the states for NCES (most of the data are of this type); early actual counts reported by individual states; and imputed or adjusted estimates developed by NCES using a combination of state-specific and national data.

Highlights

The estimates in this report are key statistics for public elementary and secondary schools reported during the 2001–02 school year.* They include the number of students in membership, teachers, high school graduates, and total revenues and expenditures. Highlights of statistics for school years 2000-01 through 2001–02 include the following:

There were approximately 47.6 million pre-kindergarten through grade 12 students in the nation's public elementary and secondary schools in fall 2001, compared with 47.2 million in fall 2000. Student membership has increased by 1.45 million since fall 1997 (table 1).
Public school students were taught by an estimated 3.0 million teachers in school year 2001–02 (table 2).
The student membership and teacher count data show a pupil/teacher ratio of 15.9 for grades prekindergarten through 12 for public schools in school year 2001–02 (table 7).
Just under 2.6 million public school students graduated from high school in the 2000-01 school year. In the 2001–02 school year, more than 2.6 million students are expected to graduate from high school, about 41,000 more than in the previous year (table 3).
Revenues for public elementary and secondary education in FY 2001 are estimated to be $386.5 billion, and they are expected to rise to approximately $405.8 billion in FY 2002 (table 4).
Current expenditures for public elementary and secondary education for FY 2002 are estimated to be $358.0 billion, an increase of 5.9 percent over the FY 2001 estimate of $338.0 billion (table 5). The per pupil expenditure is anticipated to be $7,524 per student in membership for the 2001–02 school year (table 7).

Table 1.—Student membership in public elementary and secondary schools, by state, for grades prekindergarten through 12: Fall 1997 to fall 2001

State	Reported fall 1997	Reported fall 1998	Reported fall 1999	Reported fall 2000	Estimated fall 2001
United States	¹46,126,897	¹46,538,585	¹46,857,149	¹47,222,778	²47,575,862
Alabama	¹749,207	¹747,980	¹740,732	¹740,176	³726,367
Alaska	132,123	135,373	134,391	133,356	134,023
Arizona	814,113	848,262	852,612	877,696	²903,518
Arkansas	456,497	452,256	451,034	449,959	³448,246
California	¹5,803,887	¹5,926,037	¹6,038,590	¹6,142,348	²6,247,889
Colorado	687,167	699,135	708,109	724,508	³742,065
Connecticut	535,164	544,698	553,993	562,179	³570,145
Delaware	111,960	113,262	112,836	114,676	³115,486
District of Columbia	77,111	71,889	77,194	68,925	³68,449
Florida	2,294,077	2,337,633	2,381,396	2,434,821	³2,500,161
Georgia	1,375,980	1,401,291	1,422,762	1,444,937	³1,470,634
Hawaii	189,887	188,069	185,860	184,360	³184,546
Idaho	244,403	244,722	245,136	245,117	246,000
Illinois	1,998,289	2,011,530	2,027,600	2,048,792	2,068,182
Indiana	986,836	989,001	988,702	989,225	994,545
Iowa	501,054	498,214	497,301	495,080	491,169
Kansas	468,687	472,353	472,188	470,610	³468,140
Kentucky	669,322	655,687	648,180	665,850	630,461
Louisiana	776,813	768,734	756,579	743,089	³731,474
Maine	212,579	211,051	209,253	207,037	³211,461
Maryland	830,744	841,671	846,582	852,920	³860,890
Massachusetts	949,006	962,317	971,425	975,150	979,593
Michigan	1,702,717	¹1,720,287	¹1,725,639	¹1,743,337	1,733,900
Minnesota	853,621	856,455	854,034	854,340	845,700
Mississippi	504,792	502,379	500,716	497,871	491,686
Missouri	910,613	913,494	914,110	912,744	892,582
Montana	162,335	159,988	157,556	154,875	³151,970
Nebraska	292,681	291,140	288,261	286,199	³285,022
Nevada	296,621	311,061	325,610	340,706	356,038
New Hampshire	201,629	204,713	206,783	208,461	211,429
New Jersey	1,250,276	1,268,996	1,289,256	1,307,828	1,380,502
New Mexico	331,673	328,753	324,495	320,306	316,143
New York	2,861,823	2,877,143	2,887,776	2,882,188	2,920,000
North Carolina	1,236,083	1,254,821	1,275,925	1,293,638	³1,303,928
North Dakota	118,572	114,927	112,751	109,201	³106,047
Ohio	1,847,114	1,842,163	1,836,554	1,835,049	1,808,000
Oklahoma	623,681	628,492	627,032	623,110	620,404
Oregon	541,346	542,809	545,033	546,231	³552,144
Pennsylvania	1,815,151	1,816,414	1,816,716	1,814,311	1,810,390
Rhode Island	153,321	154,785	156,454	157,347	³157,599
South Carolina	¹659,273	¹664,600	666,780	677,411	648,000
South Dakota	142,443	132,495	131,037	128,603	³126,560
Tennessee	¹893,044	¹905,454	¹916,202	¹909,388	938,162
Texas	3,891,877	3,945,367	3,991,783	4,059,619	4,128,429
Utah	482,957	481,176	480,255	481,687	³477,801
Vermont	105,984	105,120	104,559	102,049	²99,599
Virginia	1,110,815	1,124,022	1,133,994	1,144,915	³1,162,780
Washington	991,235	998,053	1,003,714	1,004,770	³1,009,626
West Virginia	301,419	297,530	291,811	286,367	³281,400
Wisconsin	881,780	879,542	877,753	879,476	³878,809
Wyoming	97,115	95,241	92,105	89,940	³87,768
Outlying areas
American Samoa	15,214	15,372	15,477	15,702	³15,897
Guam	32,444	32,222	32,951	32,473	²32,002
Northern Marianas	9,246	9,498	9,732	10,004	²10,284
Puerto Rico	617,157	613,862	613,019	612,725	²612,431
Virgin Islands	22,136	20,976	20,866	19,459	18,148

¹Prekindergarten students were imputed by NCES, thereby increasing total student count.

²Data imputed by NCES based on previous year's data.

³Actual count reported by state.

NOTE: All fall 2001 data are state estimates, except where noted. Estimates were reported by December 2001. Some data may have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD): "Early Estimates of Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey," 2001–02; and "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1997-98 through 2000-01.

Table 2.—Number of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, by state, for grades prekindergarten through 12: School years 1997-98 to 2001–02

State	Reported SY 1997–98	Reported SY 1998–99	Reported SY 1999–2000	Reported SY 2000–01	Estimated SY 2001–02
United States	¹2,746,157	¹2,830,286	¹2,910,633	¹2,952,991	²2,988,379
Alabama	¹45,967	¹47,766	¹48,624	¹48,199	³47,201
Alaska	7,625	8,118	7,838	7,880	8,025
Arizona	41,129	42,352	43,892	44,438	²45,959
Arkansas	¹26,931	27,953	31,362	31,947	³31,097
California	¹268,535	¹281,784	¹287,433	¹298,064	²304,598
Colorado	37,840	39,434	40,772	41,983	43,282
Connecticut	37,658	38,772	39,907	41,044	³41,263
Delaware	6,850	7,074	7,318	7,471	³7,511
District of Columbia	4,388	5,187	¹4,812	4,949	³5,235
Florida	124,473	126,796	130,336	132,030	³135,866
Georgia	86,244	88,658	90,638	91,044	³97,563
Hawaii	10,653	10,639	10,866	10,927	10,943
Idaho	13,207	13,426	13,641	13,714	13,800
Illinois	118,734	121,758	124,815	127,620	³125,130
Indiana	57,371	58,084	58,864	59,226	59,832
Iowa	32,700	32,822	33,480	34,636	34,702
Kansas	31,527	32,003	32,969	32,742	³32,519
Kentucky	40,488	40,803	41,954	39,589	40,374
Louisiana	48,599	49,124	50,031	49,916	49,915
Maine	15,700	15,890	16,349	16,559	17,040
Maryland	48,318	49,840	50,995	52,433	³54,360
Massachusetts	67,170	69,752	77,596	67,432	69,000
Michigan	90,529	93,220	96,094	97,031	96,900
Minnesota	51,998	54,449	56,010	53,457	53,450
Mississippi	29,441	31,140	30,722	31,006	32,757
Missouri	60,889	62,449	63,890	64,739	64,000
Montana	10,228	10,221	10,353	10,411	10,212
Nebraska	20,065	20,310	20,766	20,983	³21,004
Nevada	16,053	16,415	17,380	18,294	19,255
New Hampshire	12,931	13,290	14,037	14,341	13,990
New Jersey	89,671	92,264	95,883	99,718	²105,750
New Mexico	19,647	19,981	19,797	21,043	20,000
New York	190,874	197,253	202,078	206,961	215,500
North Carolina	77,785	79,531	81,914	83,680	83,526
North Dakota	8,070	7,974	8,150	8,141	³8,503
Ohio	110,761	113,984	116,200	118,361	118,000
Oklahoma	40,215	40,876	41,498	41,318	41,452
Oregon	26,935	27,152	27,803	28,094	³30,895
Pennsylvania	108,014	111,065	114,525	116,963	116,900
Rhode Island	10,598	11,124	11,041	10,646	³10,455
South Carolina	42,336	43,689	45,468	45,380	³46,000
South Dakota	9,282	9,273	9,384	9,397	9,089
Tennessee	54,142	59,258	60,702	61,233	58,059
Texas	254,557	259,739	267,935	274,826	281,427
Utah	21,115	21,501	21,832	22,008	21,900
Vermont	7,909	8,221	8,474	8,414	²8,250
Virginia	¹77,575	¹79,323	¹85,037	¹91,560	87,823
Washington	49,074	49,671	50,368	51,098	²51,584
West Virginia	20,947	20,989	21,082	20,930	³19,970
Wisconsin	55,732	61,176	60,778	62,332	59,783
Wyoming	6,677	6,713	6,940	6,783	6,730
Outlying areas
American Samoa	762	764	801	820	⁴834
Guam	1,363	1,052	1,809	1,975	²1,955
Northern Marianas	483	496	488	526	²543
Puerto Rico	38,953	39,849	41,349	37,620	²37,777
Virgin Islands	1,559	1,567	1,528	1,511	1,418

¹Prekindergarten teachers were imputed by NCES, thereby increasing total teacher count.

²Data imputed by NCES based on previous year's data.

³Actual count reported by state.

⁴Early estimate number reported by state, adjusted by NCES.

NOTE: All school year (SY) 2001–02 data are state estimates, except where noted. Estimates were reported by December 2001. Some data may have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD): "Early Estimates of Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey," 2001–02; and "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1997-98 through 2000-01.

Table 3.—Number of public high school graduates, by state: School years 1997-98 to 2001–02

State	Reported SY 1997–98	Reported SY 1998–99	Reported SY 1999–2000	Estimated SY 2000–01	Estimated SY 2001–02
United States	2,440,048	2,485,630	2,546,102	¹2,567,991	¹2,608,736
Alabama	38,089	36,244	37,819	²37,942	38,213
Alaska	6,462	6,810	6,615	²6,812	6,835
Arizona	36,361	35,728	38,304	¹39,468	¹40,974
Arkansas	26,855	26,896	27,335	27,100	27,031
California	282,897	299,221	309,866	¹315,488	¹323,631
Colorado	35,794	36,958	38,924	²39,275	36,113
Connecticut	27,885	28,284	31,562	30,474	32,067
Delaware	6,439	6,484	6,108	³6,213	6,478
District of Columbia	2,777	2,675	2,695	²2,808	2,730
Florida	98,498	102,386	106,708	²106,407	112,850
Georgia	58,525	59,227	62,563	69,215	70,599
Hawaii	9,670	9,714	10,437	²10,102	10,360
Idaho	15,523	15,716	16,170	15,941	16,000
Illinois	114,611	112,556	111,835	²110,624	108,968
Indiana	58,899	58,964	57,023	56,000	55,823
Iowa	34,189	34,378	33,926	²33,774	33,592
Kansas	27,856	28,685	29,102	²29,360	29,899
Kentucky	37,270	37,048	36,830	²36,957	35,573
Louisiana	38,030	37,802	38,430	38,184	37,987
Maine	12,171	11,988	12,148	³12,031	³12,392
Maryland	44,555	46,214	47,849	²49,569	51,250
Massachusetts	50,452	51,465	52,950	²53,558	56,000
Michigan	92,732	94,125	89,986	96,800	101,300
Minnesota	54,628	56,964	57,372	²56,605	56,100
Mississippi	24,502	24,198	24,232	23,740	³23,644
Missouri	52,095	52,531	52,848	²54,014	53,670
Montana	10,656	10,925	10,903	²10,628	10,592
Nebraska	19,719	20,550	20,149	²19,187	20,128
Nevada	13,052	13,892	14,551	²15,127	15,840
New Hampshire	10,843	11,251	11,829	12,188	12,762
New Jersey	65,106	67,410	74,423	74,420	76,653
New Mexico	16,529	17,317	18,031	²18,245	18,233
New York	139,529	139,426	141,731	142,000	142,750
North Carolina	59,292	60,081	62,140	²63,014	65,574
North Dakota	8,170	8,388	8,606	²8,445	8,062
Ohio	111,211	111,112	111,668	²110,200	114,800
Oklahoma	35,213	36,556	37,646	37,044	¹37,196
Oregon	27,754	28,245	30,151	²29,939	30,400
Pennsylvania	110,919	112,632	113,959	114,850	114,350
Rhode Island	8,074	8,179	8,477	²8,617	³8,704
South Carolina	31,373	31,495	31,617	²31,617	32,488
South Dakota	9,140	8,757	9,278	²8,859	8,772
Tennessee	39,866	40,823	41,568	²41,568	42,151
Texas	197,186	203,393	212,925	217,242	219,848
Utah	31,567	31,574	32,501	²31,042	30,576
Vermont	6,469	6,521	6,675	²6,658	¹6,553
Virginia	62,738	63,875	65,596	²66,067	67,208
Washington	53,679	55,418	57,597	²57,965	58,289
West Virginia	20,164	19,889	19,437	²18,386	17,392
Wisconsin	57,607	58,312	58,545	60,158	63,366
Wyoming	6,427	6,348	6,462	²6,063	5,970
Outlying areas
American Samoa	665	725	698	²724	³739
Guam	923	1,326	1,406	¹1,387	¹1,378
Northern Marianas	374	341	360	¹370	¹384
Puerto Rico	29,881	30,479	30,856	¹30,870	¹31,117
Virgin Islands	1,069	951	1,060	²1,060	¹997

¹Data imputed by NCES based on previous year's data.

²Actual count reported by state.

³Early estimate number reported by state, adjusted by NCES.

NOTE: All school year (SY) 2000-01 and SY 2001–02 data are state estimates, except where noted. Estimates were reported by December 2001. Some data may have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD): "Early Estimates of Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey," 2001–02; and "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1997-98 through 2000-01.

Table 4.—Revenues for public elementary and secondary education, by state, for grades prekindergarten through 12: Fiscal years 1998 to 2002 (school years 1997-98 to 2001–02)

(In thousands of dollars)

State	Reported FY 1998	Preliminary FY 1999	Preliminary FY 2000	Estimated FY 2001	Estimated FY 2002
United States	¹$325,925,708	¹$347,377,993	¹$372,864,603	²$386,492,548	²$405,796,406
Alabama	4,146,629	4,469,278	4,832,135	³4,967,462	³5,079,632
Alaska	1,218,425	1,290,358	1,359,764	1,372,015	1,413,175
Arizona	4,731,675	5,079,075	5,503,272	²5,828,211	²6,251,791
Arkansas	2,600,655	2,610,267	2,730,722	³2,802,611	2,758,954
California	38,142,613	40,002,760	45,058,305	²47,151,481	²49,977,065
Colorado	4,327,326	4,714,756	5,044,275	⁴5,078,133	5,281,259
Connecticut	¹5,159,304	¹5,607,013	¹6,065,481	6,354,000	6,740,000
Delaware	913,616	959,482	1,072,494	1,112,730	1,133,698
District of Columbia	706,935	760,592	875,619	³804,322	²832,333
Florida	14,988,118	16,460,206	16,946,014	17,930,915	18,712,703
Georgia	9,041,434	10,263,338	11,076,955	⁴11,363,565	12,731,021
Hawaii	1,282,702	1,328,572	1,404,897	1,425,970	1,447,360
Idaho	1,320,647	1,420,902	1,472,070	1,569,700	1,663,600
Illinois	14,149,155	15,338,740	16,590,948	15,860,257	²16,683,134
Indiana	7,513,407	7,980,582	8,427,757	8,605,000	9,038,000
Iowa	3,346,481	3,516,165	3,714,861	3,856,000	3,905,200
Kansas	3,122,238	3,282,779	3,408,634	3,555,205	3,679,413
Kentucky	3,932,068	4,210,793	4,330,619	³4,576,699	³4,515,550
Louisiana	¹4,493,189	¹4,697,638	¹4,907,761	5,053,319	5,179,651
Maine	1,600,635	1,703,252	1,811,965	1,930,724	2,057,379
Maryland	6,454,696	6,806,086	7,242,344	³7,506,544	²7,895,069
Massachusetts	7,893,657	8,590,351	9,260,130	9,159,732	10,243,798
Michigan	14,329,715	14,678,359	15,385,152	15,891,323	16,414,148
Minnesota	6,529,420	6,785,487	7,188,407	²7,397,923	²7,630,833
Mississippi	2,407,954	2,544,561	2,778,506	2,681,802	2,779,365
Missouri	6,005,256	6,265,697	6,665,304	6,895,000	7,170,800
Montana	1,029,939	1,047,338	1,101,615	1,138,000	1,160,000
Nebraska	1,964,205	2,168,308	2,216,656	2,343,892	2,474,915
Nevada	1,910,794	2,094,467	2,262,002	2,442,962	2,638,399
New Hampshire	1,364,943	1,441,115	1,559,653	1,731,038	1,833,827
New Jersey	13,189,983	14,184,605	14,882,015	⁴16,296,157	16,785,042
New Mexico	1,952,452	2,098,648	2,240,777	2,242,468	2,445,050
New York	27,782,468	29,874,220	32,403,066	33,873,400	35,504,200
North Carolina	7,188,615	8,137,116	8,797,269	8,314,459	8,730,181
North Dakota	682,419	709,427	749,936	⁴815,806	839,420
Ohio	13,458,095	14,399,472	15,231,086	³15,656,563	³16,073,991
Oklahoma	3,416,296	3,652,130	3,705,393	⁴3,880,168	²4,025,659
Oregon	3,883,939	4,047,900	4,333,956	4,485,000	4,775,000
Pennsylvania	14,837,945	15,525,301	16,224,853	17,111,000	18,045,000
Rhode Island	1,264,156	1,319,597	1,448,205	1,589,405	²1,658,847
South Carolina	4,055,072	4,398,145	4,917,485	4,609,016	4,825,639
South Dakota	794,256	829,028	865,041	906,620	²929,709
Tennessee	4,815,833	5,089,341	5,378,527	⁴5,415,517	²5,821,637
Texas	24,179,060	25,647,339	28,657,019	30,860,057	32,335,661
Utah	2,305,397	2,449,890	2,579,092	³2,661,224	³2,750,680
Vermont	861,643	908,146	966,128	1,017,872	1,102,457
Virginia	¹7,755,814	¹8,358,035	8,749,757	²9,088,246	²9,617,914
Washington	6,895,693	7,212,175	7,573,768	³7,799,922	³8,166,964
West Virginia	2,216,984	2,229,692	2,294,744	2,359,887	2,496,000
Wisconsin	7,059,759	7,409,485	7,785,586	8,323,126	8,739,282
Wyoming	702,001	779,985	786,582	800,100	806,000
Outlying areas
American Samoa	49,677	57,667	²58,640	57,680	61,357
Guam	²173,339	²177,963	²189,033	²191,652	²196,808
Northern Marianas	58,239	53,720	53,895	²56,995	²61,050
Puerto Rico	2,094,025	2,121,183	²2,222,824	²2,285,696	²2,380,601
Virgin Islands	152,499	160,253	150,060	²143,968	²139,911

¹Revenues from student activities were imputed by NCES, thereby increasing the total revenue amount.

²Data imputed by NCES based on previous year's data.

³Early estimate number reported by state, adjusted by NCES.

⁴Actual amount reported by state.

NOTE: All fiscal year (FY) 2001 and FY 2002 data are state estimates, except where noted. Data not adjusted for inflation (i.e., current dollars). Estimates were reported by December 2001. Detail may not add to totals because of rounding. Some data may have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD): "Early Estimates of Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey," 2001–02; and "National Public Education Financial Survey," FY 1998 through 2000.

Table 5.—Current expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by state, for grades prekindergarten through 12: Fiscal years 1998 to 2002 (school years 1997-98 to 2001–02)

(In thousands of dollars)

State	Reported FY 1998	Preliminary FY 1999	Preliminary FY 2000	Estimated FY 2001	Estimated FY 2002
United States	¹$285,485,370	¹$302,876,294	¹$323,808,909	²$337,905,996	²$357,955,487
Alabama	3,633,159	3,880,188	4,176,082	4,324,701	4,312,295
Alaska	1,092,750	1,137,610	1,183,499	1,226,966	1,263,775
Arizona	3,740,889	3,963,455	¹4,262,182	²4,545,678	²4,919,844
Arkansas	2,149,237	2,241,244	2,380,331	³2,456,316	2,583,877
California	32,759,492	34,379,878	38,129,479	²40,182,200	²42,972,693
Colorado	3,886,872	4,140,699	4,400,888	³4,455,519	4,633,739
Connecticut	¹4,763,653	¹5,075,580	¹5,402,867	5,653,000	5,996,000
Delaware	830,731	872,786	937,630	⁴987,257	1,110,044
District of Columbia	647,202	¹693,712	780,192	²721,720	²753,562
Florida	12,737,325	13,534,374	13,885,988	14,778,013	15,581,937
Georgia	7,770,241	8,537,177	9,158,624	³9,879,601	11,225,320
Hawaii	1,112,351	1,143,713	1,213,695	1,231,901	1,250,379
Idaho	1,153,778	1,239,755	1,302,817	⁴1,349,658	⁴1,424,116
Illinois	12,473,064	13,602,965	14,462,773	⁴14,805,221	²15,713,240
Indiana	6,234,563	6,697,468	7,110,930	7,538,000	7,990,000
Iowa	3,005,421	3,110,585	3,264,336	3,388,200	3,500,200
Kansas	2,684,244	2,841,147	2,971,814	3,108,511	3,232,852
Kentucky	3,489,205	3,696,331	3,837,794	⁴4,084,477	⁴4,066,102
Louisiana	¹4,029,139	¹4,264,981	¹4,391,214	4,474,378	4,586,237
Maine	1,433,175	1,510,024	1,604,438	1,619,250	1,725,472
Maryland	5,843,685	6,165,934	6,545,135	6,365,470	²6,755,070
Massachusetts	7,381,784	7,948,502	8,511,065	⁴8,851,564	9,681,713
Michigan	12,003,818	12,785,480	13,994,294	14,454,706	14,930,266
Minnesota	5,452,571	5,836,186	6,140,442	²6,363,986	²6,623,305
Mississippi	2,164,592	2,293,188	2,510,376	2,512,289	2,573,778
Missouri	5,067,720	5,348,366	5,655,531	5,642,000	5,867,680
Montana	929,197	955,695	994,770	1,055,000	1,076,000
Nebraska	1,743,775	1,821,310	1,926,500	2,037,081	2,150,954
Nevada	1,570,576	1,738,009	1,875,467	2,023,816	2,183,900
New Hampshire	1,241,255	1,316,946	1,418,503	1,585,994	1,675,871
New Jersey	12,056,560	12,874,579	13,327,645	³12,861,908	13,247,765
New Mexico	1,659,891	1,788,382	1,890,274	2,045,976	2,242,287
New York	25,332,735	26,885,444	28,433,240	⁴29,400,799	⁴31,316,964
North Carolina	6,497,648	7,097,882	7,713,293	8,168,635	8,577,066
North Dakota	599,443	625,428	638,946	⁴641,127	⁴654,600
Ohio	11,448,722	12,138,937	12,974,575	13,695,000	15,020,000
Oklahoma	3,138,690	3,332,697	3,382,581	³3,665,134	²3,836,716
Oregon	3,474,714	3,706,044	3,896,287	4,324,000	4,572,000
Pennsylvania	13,084,859	13,532,211	14,120,112	14,890,000	15,701,000
Rhode Island	1,215,595	1,283,859	1,393,143	1,528,974	²1,610,108
South Carolina	3,507,017	3,759,042	4,087,355	4,442,955	4,651,774
South Dakota	665,082	696,785	737,998	³787,920	²815,244
Tennessee	4,409,338	4,638,924	4,931,734	³4,731,075	²5,131,548
Texas	21,188,676	22,430,153	25,098,703	26,793,070	28,208,002
Utah	1,916,688	2,025,714	2,102,655	⁴2,184,917	⁴2,278,647
Vermont	749,786	792,664	870,198	915,674	975,884
Virginia	¹6,736,863	¹7,137,419	¹7,757,598	²8,114,537	²8,664,590
Washington	5,987,060	6,098,008	¹6,399,883	³6,736,687	7,305,880
West Virginia	1,905,940	1,986,562	2,086,937	³2,323,099	2,460,000
Wisconsin	6,280,696	6,620,653	6,852,178	³7,243,038	7,605,190
Wyoming	603,901	651,622	683,918	709,000	720,000
Outlying areas
American Samoa	33,088	35,092	42,395	⁴44,561	²47,432
Guam	²168,716	²181,815	²194,156	²198,234	²205,396
Northern Marianas	56,514	50,450	49,832	²53,071	²57,357
Puerto Rico	1,981,603	2,024,499	2,086,414	²2,160,559	²2,270,481
Virgin Islands	131,315	146,474	135,174	²130,601	²128,061

¹Expenditures for enterprise operations were imputed by NCES, thereby increasing the total current expenditure amount.

²Data imputed by NCES based on previous year's data.

³Actual amount reported by state.

⁴Early estimate number reported by state, adjusted by NCES.

NOTE: All fiscal year (FY) 2001 and FY 2002 data are state estimates, except where noted. Data not adjusted for inflation (i.e., current dollars). Estimates were reported by December 2001. Detail may not add to totals because of rounding. Some data may have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD): "Early Estimates of Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey," 2001–02; and "National Public Education Financial Survey," FY 1998 through 2000.

Table 6.—Reported student membership and number of teachers, and estimates of revenues, expenditures, and pupil/teacher ratio, for public elementary and secondary schools, by state, for grades prekindergarten through 12: School year 2000-01/fiscal year 2001

State	Reported		Estimates
State	Student mem- bership	Number of teachers	Revenues (in thousands)	Expenditures (in thousands)	Pupil/ teacher ratio	Per pupil revenue	Per pupil expenditure
United States	²47,222,778	²2,952,991	¹$386,492,548	¹$337,905,996	16.0	$8,184	$7,156
Alabama	²740,176	²48,199	³4,967,462	4,324,701	15.4	6,711	5,843
Alaska	133,356	7,880	1,372,015	1,226,966	16.9	10,288	9,201
Arizona	877,696	44,438	¹5,828,211	¹4,545,678	19.8	6,640	5,179
Arkansas	449,959	31,947	⁴2,802,611	⁴2,456,316	14.1	6,229	5,459
California	²6,142,348	²298,064	¹47,151,481	¹40,182,200	20.6	7,676	6,542
Colorado	724,508	41,983	⁴5,078,133	⁴4,455,519	17.3	7,009	6,150
Connecticut	562,179	41,044	6,354,000	5,653,000	13.7	11,302	10,056
Delaware	114,676	7,471	1,112,730	³987,257	15.3	9,703	8,609
District of Columbia	68,925	4,949	804,322	¹721,720	13.9	11,670	10,471
Florida	2,434,821	132,030	17,930,915	14,778,013	18.4	7,364	6,069
Georgia	1,444,937	91,044	⁴11,363,565	⁴9,879,601	15.9	7,864	6,837
Hawaii	184,360	10,927	1,425,970	1,231,901	16.9	7,735	6,682
Idaho	245,117	13,714	1,569,700	³1,349,658	17.9	6,404	5,506
Illinois	2,048,792	127,620	15,860,257	³14,805,221	16.1	7,741	7,226
Indiana	989,225	59,226	8,605,000	7,538,000	16.7	8,699	7,620
Iowa	495,080	34,636	3,856,000	3,388,200	14.3	7,789	6,844
Kansas	470,610	32,742	3,555,205	3,108,511	14.4	7,554	6,605
Kentucky	665,850	39,589	³4,576,699	³4,084,477	16.8	6,873	6,134
Louisiana	743,089	49,916	5,053,319	4,474,378	14.9	6,800	6,021
Maine	207,037	16,559	1,930,724	1,619,250	12.5	9,325	7,821
Maryland	852,920	52,433	³7,506,544	6,365,470	16.3	8,801	7,463
Massachusetts	975,150	67,432	9,159,732	8,851,564	14.5	9,393	9,077
Michigan	²1,743,337	97,031	15,891,323	14,454,706	18.0	9,115	8,291
Minnesota	854,340	53,457	¹7,397,923	¹6,363,986	16.0	8,659	7,449
Mississippi	497,871	31,006	2,681,802	2,512,289	16.1	5,387	5,046
Missouri	912,744	64,739	6,895,000	5,642,000	14.1	7,554	6,181
Montana	154,875	10,411	1,138,000	1,055,000	14.9	7,348	6,812
Nebraska	286,199	20,983	2,343,892	2,037,081	13.6	8,190	7,118
Nevada	340,706	18,294	2,442,962	2,023,816	18.6	7,170	5,940
New Hampshire	208,461	14,341	1,731,038	1,585,994	14.5	8,304	7,608
New Jersey	1,307,828	99,718	⁴16,296,157	⁴12,861,908	13.1	12,460	9,835
New Mexico	320,306	21,043	2,242,468	2,045,976	15.2	7,001	6,388
New York	2,882,188	206,961	33,873,400	³29,400,799	13.9	11,753	10,201
North Carolina	1,293,638	83,680	8,314,459	8,168,635	15.5	6,427	6,314
North Dakota	109,201	8,141	⁴815,806	³641,127	13.4	7,471	5,871
Ohio	1,835,049	118,361	³15,656,563	13,695,000	15.5	8,532	7,463
Oklahoma	623,110	41,318	⁴3,880,168	⁴3,665,134	15.1	6,227	5,882
Oregon	546,231	28,094	4,485,000	4,324,000	19.4	8,211	7,916
Pennsylvania	1,814,311	116,963	17,111,000	14,890,000	15.5	9,431	8,207
Rhode Island	157,347	10,646	1,589,405	1,528,974	14.8	10,101	9,717
South Carolina	677,411	45,380	4,609,016	4,442,955	14.9	6,804	6,559
South Dakota	128,603	9,397	906,620	⁴787,920	13.7	7,050	6,127
Tennessee	²909,388	61,233	⁴5,415,517	⁴4,731,075	14.9	5,955	5,202
Texas	4,059,619	274,826	30,860,057	26,793,070	14.8	7,602	6,600
Utah	481,687	22,008	³2,661,224	³2,184,917	21.9	5,525	4,536
Vermont	102,049	8,414	1,017,872	915,674	12.1	9,974	8,973
Virginia	1,144,915	²91,560	¹9,088,246	¹8,114,537	12.5	7,938	7,087
Washington	1,004,770	51,098	³7,799,922	⁴6,736,687	19.7	7,763	6,705
West Virginia	286,367	20,930	2,359,887	⁴2,323,099	13.7	8,241	8,112
Wisconsin	879,476	62,332	8,323,126	⁴7,243,038	14.1	9,464	8,236
Wyoming	89,940	6,783	800,100	709,000	13.3	8,896	7,883
Outlying areas
American Samoa	15,702	820	57,680	⁴44,561	19.1	3,673	2,838
Guam	32,473	1,975	¹191,652	¹198,234	16.4	5,902	6,105
Northern Marianas	10,004	526	¹56,995	¹53,071	19.0	5,697	5,305
Puerto Rico	612,725	37,620	¹2,285,696	¹2,160,559	16.3	3,730	3,526
Virgin Islands	19,459	1,511	¹143,968	¹130,601	12.9	7,399	6,712

¹Data imputed by NCES based on previous year's data.

²Prekindergarten data imputed by NCES affecting state total.

³Early estimate number reported by state, adjusted by NCES.

⁴Actual count/amount reported by state.

NOTE: All estimated data are state estimates, except where noted. Estimates were reported by December 2001. Detail may not add to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD): "Early Estimates of Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey," 2001–02; "National Public Education Financial Survey" and "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1997-98 through 2000-01.

Table 7.—Estimated student membership, number of teachers, revenues, expenditures, and pupil/teacher ratio, for public elementary and secondary schools, by state, for grades prekindergarten through 12: School year 2001–02/fiscal year 2002

State	Student membership	Number of teachers	Revenues (in thousands)	Expenditures (in thousands)	Pupil/ teacher ratio	Per pupil revenue	Per pupil expenditure
United States	¹47,575,862	¹2,988,379	¹$405,796,406	¹$357,955,487	15.9	$8,529	$7,524
Alabama	³726,367	³47,201	³5,079,632	4,312,295	15.4	6,993	5,937
Alaska	134,023	8,025	1,413,175	1,263,775	16.7	10,544	9,430
Arizona	¹903,518	¹45,959	¹6,251,791	¹4,919,844	19.7	6,919	5,445
Arkansas	³448,246	³31,097	2,758,954	2,583,877	14.4	6,155	5,764
California	¹6,247,889	¹304,598	¹49,977,065	¹42,972,693	20.5	7,999	6,878
Colorado	³742,065	43,282	5,281,259	4,633,739	17.1	7,117	6,244
Connecticut	³570,145	³41,263	6,740,000	5,996,000	13.8	11,822	10,517
Delaware	³115,486	³7,511	1,133,698	1,110,044	15.4	9,817	9,612
District of Columbia	³68,449	³5,235	¹832,333	¹753,562	13.1	12,160	11,009
Florida	³2,500,161	³135,866	18,712,703	15,581,937	18.4	7,485	6,232
Georgia	³1,470,634	³97,563	12,731,021	11,225,320	15.1	8,657	7,633
Hawaii	³184,546	10,943	1,447,360	1,250,379	16.9	7,843	6,775
Idaho	246,000	13,800	1,663,600	²1,424,116	17.8	6,763	5,789
Illinois	2,068,182	³125,130	¹16,683,134	¹15,713,240	16.5	8,067	7,598
Indiana	994,545	59,832	9,038,000	7,990,000	16.6	9,088	8,034
Iowa	491,169	34,702	3,905,200	3,500,200	14.2	7,951	7,126
Kansas	³468,140	³32,519	3,679,413	3,232,852	14.4	7,860	6,906
Kentucky	630,461	40,374	³4,515,550	²4,066,102	15.6	7,162	6,449
Louisiana	³731,474	49,915	5,179,651	4,586,237	14.7	7,081	6,270
Maine	³211,461	17,040	2,057,379	1,725,472	12.4	9,729	8,160
Maryland	³860,890	³54,360	¹7,895,069	¹6,755,070	15.8	9,171	7,847
Massachusetts	979,593	69,000	10,243,798	9,681,713	14.2	10,457	9,883
Michigan	1,733,900	96,900	16,414,148	14,930,266	17.9	9,467	8,611
Minnesota	845,700	53,450	¹7,630,833	¹6,623,305	15.8	9,023	7,832
Mississippi	491,686	32,757	2,779,365	2,573,778	15.0	5,653	5,235
Missouri	892,582	64,000	7,170,800	5,867,680	13.9	8,034	6,574
Montana	³151,970	10,212	1,160,000	1,076,000	14.9	7,633	7,080
Nebraska	³285,022	³21,004	2,474,915	2,150,954	13.6	8,683	7,547
Nevada	356,038	19,255	2,638,399	2,183,900	18.5	7,410	6,134
New Hampshire	211,429	13,990	1,833,827	1,675,871	15.1	8,673	7,926
New Jersey	1,380,502	¹105,750	16,785,042	13,247,765	13.1	12,159	9,596
New Mexico	316,143	20,000	2,445,050	2,242,287	15.8	7,734	7,093
New York	2,920,000	215,500	35,504,200	²31,316,964	13.5	12,159	10,725
North Carolina	³1,303,928	83,526	8,730,181	8,577,066	15.6	6,695	6,578
North Dakota	³106,047	³8,503	839,420	²654,600	12.5	7,916	6,173
Ohio	1,808,000	118,000	16,073,991	15,020,000	15.3	8,890	8,308
Oklahoma	620,404	41,452	¹4,025,659	¹3,836,716	15.0	6,489	6,184
Oregon	³552,144	³30,895	4,775,000	4,572,000	17.9	8,648	8,280
Pennsylvania	1,810,390	116,900	18,045,000	15,701,000	15.5	9,967	8,673
Rhode Island	³157,599	³10,455	¹1,658,847	¹1,610,108	15.1	10,526	10,216
South Carolina	648,000	³46,000	4,825,639	4,651,774	14.1	7,447	7,179
South Dakota	³126,560	9,089	¹929,709	¹815,244	13.9	7,346	6,442
Tennessee	938,162	58,059	¹5,821,637	¹5,131,548	16.2	6,205	5,470
Texas	4,128,429	281,427	32,335,661	28,208,002	14.7	7,832	6,833
Utah	³477,801	21,900	³2,750,680	²2,278,647	21.8	5,757	4,769
Vermont	¹99,599	¹8,250	1,102,457	975,884	12.1	11,069	9,798
Virginia	³1,162,780	87,823	¹9,617,914	¹8,664,590	13.2	8,271	7,452
Washington	³1,009,626	¹51,584	³8,166,964	7,305,880	19.6	8,089	7,236
West Virginia	281,400	³19,970	2,496,000	2,460,000	14.1	8,870	8,742
Wisconsin	³878,809	59,783	8,739,282	7,605,190	14.7	9,944	8,654
Wyoming	³87,768	6,730	806,000	720,000	13.0	9,183	8,203
Outlying areas
American Samoa	³15,897	²834	61,357	²47,432	19.1	3,860	2,984
Guam	¹32,002	¹1,955	¹196,808	¹205,396	16.4	6,150	6,418
Northern Marianas	¹10,284	¹543	¹61,050	¹57,357	18.9	5,937	5,578
Puerto Rico	¹612,431	¹37,777	¹2,380,601	¹2,270,481	16.2	3,887	3,707
Virgin Islands	18,148	1,418	¹139,911	¹128,061	12.8	7,709	7,056

¹Data imputed by NCES based on previous year's data.

²Early estimate number reported by state, adjusted by NCES.

³Actual count/amount reported by state.

NOTE: All estimated data are state estimates, except where noted. Estimates were reported by December 2001. Detail may not add to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD): "Early Estimates of Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey," 2001-02; "National Public Education Financial Survey" and "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1997-98 through 2000-01

Footnote

*This report replaces the version that was on the NCES Web Site from May 11, 2002, to June 26, 2002. Changes occurred in the table footnotes and in revenues (two states) and expenditures (one state) data in tables 4 and 5.

Data sources: The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD): "Early Estimates of Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey," 2001–02; "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1997-98 through 2000-01; and "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1997-98 through 1999-2000.

For technical information, see the complete report:

McDowell, L., and Johnson, F. (2002). Early Estimates of Public Elementary and Secondary Education Statistics: School Year 2001–02 (NCES 2002–311).

Author affiliations: L. McDowell and F. Johnson, NCES.

For questions about content, contact Lena McDowell (lena.mcdowell@ed.gov) or Frank Johnson (frank.johnson@ed.gov).

To obtain the complete report (NCES 2002–311), visit the NCES Electronic Catalog (http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch).